Development of rapid guidelines: 1. Systematic survey of current practices and methods

• Main Authors: Sergio C. Kowalski (Author), Rebecca L. Morgan (Author), Maicon Falavigna (Author), Iván D. Florez (Author), Itziar Etxeandia-Ikobaltzeta (Author), Wojtek Wiercioch (Author), Yuan Zhang (Author), Faria Sakhia (Author), Liudmila Ivanova (Author), Nancy Santesso (Author), Holger J. Schünemann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Guidelines in the healthcare field generally should contain evidence-based recommendations to inform healthcare decisions. Guidelines often require 2 years or more to develop, but certain circumstances necessitate the development of rapid guidelines (RGs) in a short period of tim...